Vertical lines with a bumpy, yet crisp, feel to it.
Source Raasa
A simple example on using clones. You can generate a nice base for a pattern fill quickly with it.
Source Lazur URH
Prismatic Groovy Concentric Background 2
Source GDJ
From a drawing in 'Sun Pictures of the Norfolk Broads', Ernest Suffling, 1892.
Source Firkin
Recreated from a pattern found in 'Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia irásban és képben', 1882. To get the tile this is based on select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a design seen on Pixabay. The basic tile can be had by selecting the rectangle in Inkscape and using shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
From a design found in 'History of the Virginia Company of London; with letters to and from the first Colony, never before printed', Edward Neill, 1869.
Source Firkin
More tactile goodness. This time in the form of some rough cloth.
Source Bartosz Kaszubowski
Dark, crisp and subtle. Tiny black lines on top of some noise.
Source Wilmotte Bastien
Dark and hard, just the way we like it. Embossed triangles makes a nice pattern.
Source Ivan Ginev
Remixed from a drawing in 'Chambéry à la fin du XIVe siècle', Timoleon Chapperon, 1863.
Source Firkin
A background pattern inspired by designs seen in 'Burghley. The Life of William Cecil', William Charlton, 1857.
Source Firkin
A colourful background drawn originally in paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
Inspired by a pattern seen on a public domain image of a very old tile. To get the unit cell, select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Some dark 45 degree angles creating a nice pattern. Huge.
Source Dark Sharp Edges
Remixed from an image on Pixabay uploaded by Prawny
Source Firkin
Made by distorting a simple pattern using the 'sin waves' plugin for Paint.net and vectorising in Vector Magic
Source Firkin
Your eyes can trip a bit from looking at this – use it wisely.
Source Michal Chovanec
I love these crisp, tiny, super subtle patterns.
Source Badhon Ebrahim
Seamless Background For Websites. It has a texture similar to cork-board.
Source V. Hartikainen
Light gray pattern with an almost wall tile-like appearance.
Source Markus Tinner
No relation to the band, but damn it’s subtle!
Source Thomas Myrman
Seamless tile drawn in Paint.net and vectorised in Vector Magic.
Source Firkin
To get the tile this is formed from select the rectangle in Inkscape and use shift+alt+i.
Source Firkin
Remixed from a drawing that was uploaded to Pixabay by captenpub.
Source Firkin